Vegetable Stew Recipe [Video]

Vegetable Stew recipe with video instructions. Vegetable Stew is a mildly spiced vegan stew made by cooking colorful peppers, cauliflower, carrots and beans in coconut milk. Vegetable Stew is a gluten free curry. In a hurry? Jump to Video or Jump to Recipe The weather is confusing, on some days it feels like summer and on others it looks like the monsoons are already here. Today was one such a day. It started out sunny and ended up wet. When it rains, I feel like having some warm comfort food. Don't you? And a vegetable stew is...

Roasted Chickpeas with Spices

I miss last week. It was a short week with a long weekend and I was on vacation. Being back at work is soooo boring. I’ve barely had the time to cook anything this week. It’s been work all the way. But I did make this crunchy yummy spicy roasted Chickpeas. Who knew they were so easy to make at home, and here we were spending money to buy the packaged version at super markets. Not gonna happen anymore, na ah. I started off with dried chickpeas, you can use canned if you are short of time. Dried just results in more prep time but the cooking time is hardly...

Eggplant Pizza

Yessss..... you heard it right.. rather you read it right - Eggplant Pizza. An awesome combination of grilled eggplants with a hearty tomato sauce and loads of cheese. And guess where am I blogging from? Ooty - the queen of hills. We've been holidaying here over the long labor day weekend. After the heat and thunderstorms of Bangalore, we needed a good weather break. And Ooty lived up to its promise, ah! what weather. Mild sunlight with a slightly chilly air. Perfect!!! This is how summers should be. Ooty from Doddabetta We started early on 1st...

Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich

This sandwich is totally inspired from the Mediterranean Veggie sandwich of Panera Bread. I miss it. I made this on a hot summer afternoon and we packed these and took them on our long drive out of the city. Hubby dearest loved it too, so this is set to become a regular travel companion. It has to be my all time favorite sandwich. I don't have Panera's tomato basil bread, so I made my own tomato basil bread. I replaced the whole wheat flour with all purpose flour or maida. I made my own coriander hummus too. I just added a cup of chopped fresh coriander...

Pudina Majjige Soda | Yogurt Soda with Fresh Mint | Pudina Chaas Soda

Summer is here... yippee... isn't that your first thought when the sun comes out of its winter snooze and begins to shine down with all its warmth? Well... that's how I feel in the initial days of April, until the sun really begins to scorch us poor little earthlings. As a kid, I did not mind it though. I simply loved summers. 2 months vacation from school, it is definitely any kid's best dream come true.. well, may be except Lisa Simpson. Be it 30 degrees C or 40 degrees C, we played outdoors until we were called indoors for lunch/dinner. Now a days,...

Shankarpali / Shankarpole / Shakarpara (Video Recipe)

Aren't road trips so much fun??? :D Not knowing where you may end up, what you may end up eating is so thrilling. We, hubby dearest and I, have more differences than similarities, but in this one matter we are made for each other. Come long weekend, and off we go. No clue of the destination, only the direction. No planning, no hotel booked, no real map in hand and no real food to eat. All we have is a hurriedly packed bag of clothes, my trusted camera, bottles of water and of course, my iPod and we are all set. We've done instant trips to...

Potato and Drumsticks in a Mustard Gravy (Oriya Style)

Laziness… that’s all is my excuse. It’s been a very long time since I posted. Initially, I had an excuse, I took a weeklong vacation to my parents’ house. Who blogs on vacation, right? *sheepish smile*. I relaxed whilst watching the monsoon and drinking endless cups of tea. Playing board games and watching TV. Then I had to answer 2 exams, I helped paint a school etc etc. But after that, only laziness. I have seen this quote making rounds on Facebook “Laziness is the mother of all evils, but she is a mother and we need to respect her :P”. So maybe I was just showing...

Tomato Gazpacho | Cold Tomato Soup

Soup and Cold - It is not an association we Indians generally make. We are proud of the fact that we serve and eat "Garma Garam Khana" or "Hot hot food". We can eat hot meals immaterial of the season or the temperature outside. When we want something cold, we make sherbets or have kulfis and ice creams. The thought of a filling cold soup rarely crosses our mind. So, now, I present to you *drum rolls* "A cold tomato soup - Gazpacho". A couple of years ago if you had asked my hubby dearest what Gazpacho is, he would have asked you to...

Baked Bread Rolls

I am blank! Just like a paper. There are times when you want to write but you don’t know what to write. It is called a writer’s block. Most of the times I am blank, but not about writing, but about cooking. What is that called? Cooking block? Chef’s block? Cooking lunch and dinner is pretty easy for me. I am a chapatti/roti lover so most days it is chapatti with some vegetables that are there at home. But I hate thinking about what to make for breakfast. And then start the calls. I call up my mom and my sister and ask the same question...